Exactly.
Probably and very likely.
Who knows. But maybe a couple of flint locks in the back of the gun cabinet might be a good idea. And piss in a bottle to make the salt peter and the rest of it is easy.
Well, you seemed to be talking about a rebellion and usually it is the cops that get it in the neck when the lads try to arm themselves.
They tried it a year or so here in Thailand. A bunch of the brothers, lacking guns, attacked a police post with knives. Killed one Cop. But unfortunately the other two cops had M-16's and it ended up Bad Guys
1, Cops something like 15.
The actual quotation is "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
No "often" mentioned.